Knowing she couldn’t put it off any longer, she switched off the shower and dried herself. Then she dragged a comb through her hair, put on a robe and went out to deal with Francis.
Who was lying naked in her bed!
Chapter Nineteen – Ben
“Thank you, Ben.” Rita said, kissing him on the cheek. “That was the best birthday present I’ve had for years.”
“Thank you for the company,” Ben said, giving Rita a hug. “I’ll walk you back to your room.”
“No, you won’t. You go on and tell that woman of yours that I think she’s a lucky woman to have you.” Rita leaned towards him and said quietly, “Let me know what she says.” Then she winked and, leaning very heavily on her walking stick, made her way towards the elevator.
Ben turned to walk out of the hospital, the small packet nestled against his hip. He was so full of thoughts about Beth that he nearly walked straight past Greta.
“Hi, Ben. You look happy.”
“I am, thank you, Greta.”
“That makes two of you.”
“Two of us?”
“Yes. Beth looked happy too.”
“Oh, she did?” He didn’t know she wanted the news about them spread, not yet. But at least it meant she was willing to take their relationship as seriously as he did.
“Yes, never seen such a big smile on her face, after she was so sad. I guess she’s just pleased that ex-boyfriend of hers finally came to his senses and tracked her down. Romantic, don’t you think?”
“Ex-boyfriend?” His brain had a red mist intermingling with all his thoughts. Another man—with his mate!
“Yes. Swept her off her feet.”
Ben was out of the hospital and straight to his car, hurriedly pursued by Greta.
“Ben. Don’t go over there. Let her be happy.” Greta put her hand on Ben’s door, trying to stop him getting in.
“Greta, move.” He was no longer the nice doctor; he was a bear spoiling for a fight.
“Ben. You don’t need her. You can have me. Look at me, compared to that frumpy woman.”
“That frumpy woman is going to be my wife.” Even if he had to kidnap her and keep her hostage until she saw sense. He was tired of being nice; if it meant winning his mate, he would fight as dirty as he had to.
“Wife,” Greta spat. “You’re making the biggest mistake of your life. She can never make a man like you happy.”
“On the contrary, Greta. She is the only woman who can make me happy.”
Chapter Twenty – Beth
“What the hell are you doing, Francis?”
“What I should have done months ago, Beth. Get into bed.”
“No.”
He pulled the sheet up, exposing himself to her. She shielded her eyes in horror. “Francis, put some clothes on. I am not going to bed with you.”
“Beth. I came here to make you mine. I heard you had been running after another doctor, and I realised you were just pining after me. I understand. Now come here. I want to fuck all thoughts of this other doctor out of your head.”
She stifled a giggle. This was too ridiculous. “Francis. There is no way you can match how my new doctor makes me feel. I had a crush on you. A childish, immature crush. And now I see that, because I know what real love is.”
Another voice intervened. “I am so glad to hear you say that, Beth. Now can I drag this piece of garbage downstairs and throw him out?”
“Ben!”
Francis quickly covered himself up. “I think you are mistaken. Beth is in love with me.”
“No, she is not,” Ben said savagely. “She is mine.”
“Listen. Both of you,” Beth said, walking to the middle of the room. The last thing she wanted was for them to actually come to blows in her bedroom. “I don’t belong to either of you.”
A low growl from Ben made it quite clear he thought otherwise. “Beth, you know you are mine.”
“Why don’t we go downstairs, Ben, and leave Francis to gather up his dignity?”
She took Ben’s arm, trying to ignore the way her skin burned for his touch. Wrapping her robe tightly around her, she pushed away the thoughts of him putting his hand inside it. She longed for him to fondle her breasts, but it wasn’t going to happen.
They went down into the kitchen; he immediately pulled her into his arms, kissing her possessively. Beth pushed him away, but he tried again, not realising she meant it. “Stop.”
“One kiss before he comes down,” Ben said, looking dishevelled.
“No kisses, Ben. Francis isn’t the only one I’m kicking out of my life.”
“What!” The colour drained from his beautiful face.
“I want you to leave too.”
“Why?”
“Oh, I don’t know. Perhaps the fact that you slept with me and then got out of the bed to go on a “hot date” with another woman, a woman you bought very expensive earrings for.”
“You mean Rita?”
“I don’t know her name. But Greta made it quite clear you like to spread your charm around. I just can’t believe you would do this to me after I had told you about Francis and having to leave my last job.”
“Beth,” he said, his voice now soothing, the anger gone from it. “That’s not how it is.”
“No? So you didn’t go on this “hot date”? I saw it on your phone, which you had conveniently left behind.”
“I left it by mistake, my head was so full of you, I wasn’t thinking straight.” He took a step toward her; she could see the pain on his face. “Let me explain, please. Rita is a patient at the hospital; she has no family and it is her 60th birthday. I promised her I’d take her out. And the gift, well, I had no other woman in my life to spend my money on before I met you.”
She frowned, trying to fight back tears. “Ben. Please. If this is more lies, then stop now, please.”
“No lies. I think Greta twisted things, I know she did to me. She told me she had never seen you so happy, because Francis had come to get you. Do you know how much that hurt?”
“Wait. She never saw us. Francis was here, waiting for me, when I left your house. She set us up.”
“So it seems.” He reached out and touched her forearm, trailing his fingertips across her skin. “Does this mean we’re good?”
“Good? Oh, you are very good. Too good for me.”
He closed the space between them in a heartbeat, lifting her up and placing her gently down on the countertop. His body eased her thighs apart, so that he nestled against her. Then he used his fingers to slip the fabric of her panties to one side, pushing deep into her.
“Ben,” she gasped, “Francis is still inside.”
“Good. I want him to be quite clear that you are mine.”
Ben inserted another finger inside her, bringing her arousal to the point of no return. She clung to him, her arms wrapped around his neck. When she heard Francis walking along the hallway, she simply cried out, “Shut the door … behind … you.”
He glanced their way, but then ducked his head and disappeared out of the front door.
“I don’t think we’ll be seeing him again,” Ben said, nipping her neck with his teeth while she came around his wonderfully thick fingers.
Lifting her again, he lay her down on the table, undoing his belt and letting his pants drop to the floor. Then he guided himself into her, thrusting hard, penetrating her completely in one movement. He grunted, pulling out and then lunging back into her, burying himself to the hilt.
“Do you have any idea how it felt to come in and find another man in your bed?” he asked, his thrusts hard and fast.
“Yes. But there will never be another man for me, Ben. Only you.” She gasped as he pulled her shirt off her shoulder, drawing the cup of her bra down. He leaned over her body, his teeth grazing her nipple.
“I could have ripped his throat out,” Ben ground out, his tongue exciting her breasts until they were hard and sore.
She lifted his chin with her fingers, kissin
g him, pouring her love and desire for him into that one moment. “I love you,” she whispered in his ear, her orgasm matching hers as he exploded inside her.
His seed pumped deep into her, while her sex gripped him and milked him of every last drop, When he had finished he turned her to lean over the table, and took her again. She was addictive; his body craved her like a drug. Placing his hands on her hips, he watched as he eased himself out of her and then lunged back in. Over and over, her round flesh rippling as he pounded her. He reached around her, rubbing her clit, making her whimper for him. With no letup, his fingers thrummed her clit until she came again. Then, once he knew she was satisfied, he allowed himself to reach his own climax.
Slowly the rage inside him, the fear of losing his mate, dissipated, and he carried her up to bed. There they lay together, his arms protectively wrapped round her. “I love you too, Beth.”
She turned to him. “I’m going to need some time, Ben, to get used to all this.”
“I know.” He reached into his pocket and pulled the small packet out. Opening the box, he took out a beautiful diamond ring. “Rita helped me choose it this afternoon. She is very keen to know if you say yes. Take all the time you need, Beth, but please, tell me you will one day be my wife?”
“Ben,” she gasped. “It’s too much.”
“No. It’s not. I’ve waited so long for you, Beth. I stopped dating long ago while I waited for you. So let me have some fun.”
She let him slide the ring on her finger, unable to believe she was going to have her wish. A husband who wanted a family with her. “Of course it’s yes.” She kissed him and then grinned. Her heart was ready to explode with happiness. Here was the man she would be spending the rest of her life with. Her doctor, her bear.
The End
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Trent Savage has everything going for him, and all the women of Bear Bluff know it. And he enjoys the attention, what red-blooded male bear wouldn’t? After all, what’s the point in having the looks and physique of a God and not use it to your advantage. Until he finds Willow in the back of his truck.
Willow is trying to escape her past, but with no money, her plan to get far away from home are thwarted, until she sneaks into a truck when the driver isn’t looking. Risky, but what can go wrong? If he finds her, the worst he will do is throw her out, and at least she will be somewhere different.
What Willow doesn’t know is that she is Trent Savage’s mate. So when he does discover his stowaway, there is no way she is going to run any further than his bed!
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